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City Press article could ‘ring’ true
On Sunday (22 January) City Press newspaper featured an informative good news HIV-story, which revealed that yet another promising female-initiated method of HIV-prevention is being tested.
However the article in the City Press does not consider this new development in light of the recent cancellation of the MTN VOICE microbicide trial or the wider controversy sometimes generated by the media in relation to clinical trials.
A few months ago The Times sported a rather depressing headline which seemed to sound the death knell for once promising HIV-preventative microbicide gels, when in fact the inefficacy of the VOICE trial represented one setback rather than the complete demise of vaginal microbicides on the whole as a viable way of preventing HIV.
SA woman scientist scoops award
A South African microbicide scientist has scooped up the Department of Science and Technology’s Women in Science award.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the brains behind the country’s, and perhaps even the world’s, most successful microbicide trial to date.
Female condoms: More power to you
The Bigfoot of HIV prevention is back. The female condom is in the spotlight again, but its lack of popularity raises awkward questions around what the government is doing to protect women from HIV while MMC campaigns receive the lions-share of the prevention attention.The Times offers a valuable platform for discussion
An op-ed piece in Monday’s edition of The Times draws much-needed attention to the role of behaviour change in HIV prevention.
Recent breakthroughs in the science and medicine of HIV treatment and prevention have meant that much of the media’s attention has been fixed firmly on the development of microbicide gels, the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep), rollout of medical male circumcision and the accessibility of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
Whilst these are all firm and promising steps towards stemming the spread of the virus, behaviour change remains an important component in addressing and redressing the spread of HIV.
More on the foreskin furore
An article appearing in the Mail & Guardian makes sensationalist and incorrect comments around a study of circumcision and HIV prevention.
Taking the tribulation out of interpreting medical trials
Coverage of microbicide trials has at times been characterised by hostility and cynicism on the part of journalists. This is mainly a result of their misunderstanding the technical ins and outs of clinical trials.Page 1 of 1 pages
